Hooters restaurants keep disappearing as iconic chain loses longtime locations in founding state
Hooters has lost its last restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, marking the latest longtime location to disappear as closures continue following the chain's bankruptcy restructuring.The Hooters on San Jose Boulevard was permanently closed after operating in Jacksonville for four decades, according to local reports.The restaurant, which opened in 1986, was the last remaining Hooters in the Jacksonville area, WJXT-TV reported.HISTORY OF HOOTERS: 5 FACTS YOU LIKELY NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE RESTAURANT CHAINIts closure leaves Hooters without a location in northeast Florida and creates another sizable gap in the restaurant chain's footprint in its home state.The northernmost Hooters on Florida's Atlantic coast now appears to be in Daytona Beach, according to the company's online restaurant locator.The last remaining Hooters in Jacksonville, Florida, recently closed for good after 40 years in business.(USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)Hooters confirmed to Fox News Digital that the restaurant had closed but didn't elaborate.Jacksonville isn't the only longtime Hooters location in Florida to recently close for good.HOOTERS SAYS KIDS, FAMILIES ARE PART OF ITS COMEBACK AS WAITRESSES INSIST THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN WELCOMEThe Hooters in Panama City Beach closed its doors in September after more than 30 years in business, according to a post on its Facebook page.The closure leaves Pensacola Beach as the chain's remaining outpost in the Florida Panhandle.Another Hooters in Hickory, North Carolina, also closed in late September after years in business, according to a report by the U.S.
Sun.Hooters waitresses won't be a sight in Panama City Beach, where the location closed in September after more than 30 years in business.(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)The recent shutdowns come months after the closure of the Hooters in Boca Raton, Florida, which had developed a large social media following.That restaurant closed in February after 16 years when its landlord declined to renew the le...